To ask for your good and bad health habits

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Sorry if this has been done before. I’ve developed some bad binge eating habits since lockdown (but in truth I’ve always been greedy with food/a binger) and I’ve put on weight as a result. I’ve been trying and failing to break the habit for a while, but in the meantime I’m trying to be kinder to myself as I do have plenty of “good” habits when it comes to health, which is one of the reasons I’m not quite overweight regardless of the weight gain.

Good habits:
Regular exercise - always have, always will.
Rarely have take aways or ready meals.
Little alcohol (this was much more pre DC but nowadays unless it’s an occasion, it’s usually 1-2 maximum, only on the weekend).
Drink a lot of water every day.
Limited caffeine, 1-2 coffees and teas a day.
No biscuit habit - never bought them other than the rubbish ones I give to DC.
Eat plenty of fruit and veg.
Try and get 10k steps a day and walk where I can - wouldn’t dream of driving to a nearby shop, always walk.

Bad habits:
Crisps. Minimum 1 packet a day, sometimes several. I feel like I can’t go without and tend to buy the “healthier” ones like quavers so will easily have 3 packets.
Binge eating - this is a big one. I’ve been having snack binges at least once a week since WFH and it’s really not good.
Portion size - I’ve always had a big appetite and so can eat a lot more than many people I see. I think because of this I’ve got a messed up view of being full/satisfied.
Fizzy drinks - always diet, but again a lockdown habit that has continued and both DH and I have at least 1-2 large glasses a day.

I can’t think of any more right now.

Please share yours with me…and any tips you might have on overcoming binge eating would also be welcomed!

I should add that I also don't drink enough water or eat enough veg. I'd always been on the higher end of healthy weight but recently became overweight and I know I need to change but I have no motivation.

Good
Never smoked and almost teetotal
Always have fruit n veg
Love water

Bad
Need to work on exercise!

Interesting thread!

Good:
Don't drink
Don't smoke
Exercise daily
Pescatarian

Bad:
Emotional eater
Portion sizes too big
Rely on oven meals when working
Don't do enough stretching

Good:
Intermittent fasting
Cook from scratch/little processed food
Walk dog daily
Do Pilates
Drink rarely
Don't smoke

Bad:
Go to bed too late/not enough sleep
Eat too much bread and sugar
Drink too much coffee and tea
Don't drink enough water
My portions are too big

Good
Try to do 10,000 steps a day, and work out 4-5 days a week
No caffeine
Never smoked
Eat lots of fruit and veg
Floss and use interdental sticks daily
Drink lots of water

Bad
Love sugar, especially chocolate
Don’t sleep great.
Stuck in a rut workwise.

Good habits:
Track calories everyday on my fitness pal
Portion control

Bad habits:
Drink too much caffeine
Drink too much fizzy (zero calorie drinks but still terrible for me)
Smoke
Sometimes grab an easy option as I’m too lazy to put the work in to make something healthier from scratch.
Could eat my weight in crisps if I let myself but it’s a slippery slope so I can’t even eat one pack as I won’t stop.

Good
Exercise regularly
Try and get a reasonable amount of sleep
Don’t drink fizzy drinks
Don’t smoke
Rarely drink alcohol (but when I do I really go for it )
Portion control
Brush teeth twice a day
Only drink water day to day

Bad
Snacker
Sweet tooth
Eat dinner late as DH cooks and is slow!

Good - drink lots of water, don't drink alcohol, never smoked, gave up diet coke, cycle to work and back.
Bad - drink diet sprite, yo yo dieter and greedy binge eater, eat a lot, very lazy and hardly move sometimes.

good

• exercise
• no alkohol
• I like veg

bad

• sweet tooth
• don't like fruit
• caffeine habit

Good -
Stopped smoking years ago
Teetotal since having kids, wasn’t a huge drinker before that
Don’t drink fizzy drinks (used to have a huge Diet Coke habit but gave up a few years ago)
Don’t sunbathe

Bad -
Very overweight as a result of snacking rather than proper meals/binge eating/comfort eating
Both kids sleep terribly therefore I sleep terribly
Lots of stress in my life
Don’t look after myself anywhere near as well as I should as kids always prioritised (don’t have anyone to help)
Used to drink lots of water but now often go half the day before realising I haven’t actually stopped and had a glass of water OR I purposefully don’t drink much as using a public toilet with 2 young kids and a pushchair is a pain
Don’t drink much caffeine (1 coffee a day)
Breastfed both kids long term/throughout toddlerhood which has health benefits

Good
Exercise almost every day
Better sleep than before but rely on medication. I don't see this as 'bad' as I do what I need to in order to function.
Usually healthy.
Drink a lot of fluid
Take good care of appearance

Bad
Portion control
Snacks
Tendency to over eat
Overthink things
Anxiety
Procrastinate on weight loss - 2 stone over

Good....
Walk a lot
Always wash make up off
Dont eat between meals
Bad...
Smoke
Dont use sunscreen
Kiss the dog on the lips

Good habits:

• Regular exercise (I’d go round the twist mentally without it)
• Drink plenty of water
• Rarely drink alcohol

Bad habits:

• My diet is utter shit (I’ve suffered with EDs pretty much my whole life. I go through phases of practically starving myself - which is usually induced by stress, and eating crap)
• I’m a smoker (Stopped with each pregnancy, but gradually let the odd social cigarette turn into an evening cigarette on my own, and now I’m back to around 10 a day)
• I never get enough sleep (3 young kids who are all crappy sleepers coupled with working evenings in a pub doesn’t make for a regular sleep schedule)

Ooo I forgot another good one though:
I take exceptional care of my skin!! I’m very very pale, so spd 50+ sunscreen is a must every day, even during the winter. I’m also have a rigid skincare routine that I am very anal about!

Good:

Don't drink
Never smoked
Wear factor 50 every single day of the year
Hate cream and butter
Do yoga
Switched to wholemeal where I can
Don't like fried food
Hardly eat any sugar
Only 1 green tea a day, no coffee or tea
Drink lots of water
Go to bed early and get up early
Hardly eat meat
Don't like potatoes really
Don't really snack

Bad:
Diet Coke, gosh I'm addicted, I went down to one can a day, weekend only to a can a day
Too much processed food like quorn
Too much pasta
Need to eat more veg and seafood but I'm trying hard!
Not a lot of cardio

Good. Don't eat or like cakes/pastries/buns/ice cream/crisps
Take vitamin supplements
Walk a lot and walk briskly, never stroll
Don't eat fast food
Rarely drink alcohol
Eat porridge every morning

Bad
I smoke
Don't do any excercise unless I am
Walking somewhere
Eat chocolate every day
Stay awake too late on my phone
Don't drink water
Drink 4 cans of Diet Coke every day
Take painkillers every day for ongoing back and neck issues

Good:
Eat lots of fruit
Eat oily fish
Eat some raw veg
Don't each much red meat
Dont eat ready meals/ processed meats
Don't like chocolate/sweets
Exercise most days
Do yoga
Get plenty sleep
Relax every day
Never taken drugs
Don't drink coffee

Bad:
Eat too much
Don't do enough cardio/weights
Drink
Too sedentary
Tendency to binge eat
Poor posture
Poor self care
Don't brush teeth enough

Good
Don't smoke
Rarely drink alcohol
Eat lots of fruit and veg
Have a dog so walk 2 hours a day
No fizzy drinks
Cook from scratch
Rarely eat meat
Healthy weight and BMI
Have porridge for breakfast
Eat regular meals
Takeaway maybe once a month sometimes less
Limit salt intake, never add to meals

Bad
Eat white bread
Should drink more water
Have a sweet tooth so have to be really careful with chocolate and sweets
Could have better sleep
Spend too much time on MN